Shisha no Sho

Like Akira Kurosawa, Kihachiro Kawamoto started his career in Toho studios in the turbulent years immediately following the Pacific war. It was there, as an art designer, that he became schooled in the cinematic medium by working alongside such figures as Teinosuke Kinugasa, Shiro Toyoda and Mikio Naruse.

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